Month: February 2016

Tonight at 9 o’clock, on More4, our plants should make an appearance as part of a Castle Howard special, presented by Maureen Lipman and Larry Lamb. We received a gold award for our display in one of the bedrooms, and believe this may feature in the show!! We are meeting with the florist next week […]

Don’t know if anybody saw ‘Discovering Britain’ on More4 on Wednesdays: the program actually starts with our plants!! They will feature a little more in the 4th episode (we believe), should be in 2 or 3 weeks – will keep you posted. And yes, our plants, at the Castle Howard Flower Show, displayed in one […]

Today the recently ordered RSPB binoculars arrived!! Wack has no clue, as he can spot a mole at ten thousand paces, but for me this has opened a new world!! Not only could I identify a tit, I could even tell you which one (I’ve seen Robins, Blue tits, Great tits and Coal tits on […]

January and February are traditionally our quiet times, there are however plenty of jobs to keep Wack from playing!! Weeding the polytunnel (and around the polytunnel), selecting plants for division, repotting, tidying up the plants. January was mainly spent in the Venus Fly Trap greenhouses, potting up, dividing and sorting. The new staging (made by […]